Syllables - English Pronunciation | What is a syllable?
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- เผยแพร่เมื่อ 2 มิ.ย. 2024
- This video teaches you all about syllables in English. You learn what a syllable is and how to identify syllables in words, using three different methods: the hand-chin method, the clapping method and - my favourite one - the robot voice method! Syllables consist of exactly one vowel sound and so it is important not to confuse sounds and letters. Then we are going to have a look at examples of words consisting of just one syllable, two syllables, three syllables and even words containing seven and eight syllables. Last but not least, I will introduce you to the longest word in English with 19 syllables and 45 letters - crazy but true! Check it out. At the end there is also a short test for you to see how much you have understood.
Chapters
0:00 What is a syllable?
1:36 Words containing one syllable only
4:18 Syllable boundary & words with two syllables
5:37 Words with three syllables
7:23 Identifying Syllables
8:27 The Hand-Chin Method
9:53 The Clapping Method
11:15 The Robot Voice Method
13:03 Words with many syllables (7 & 8)
15:22 The longest word in English - 19 syllables!
18:27 Test
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The Vowel Chart
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Video on The Phonemic Chart (vowels, diphthongs & consonants):
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Video on Diphthongs Introduction
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Video on Plosives
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Video on Fricatives
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Video on Affricates
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Video on Nasals
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Video on Approximants
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Video on Semi-vowels
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Thanks a million for introducing the clapping method!! It helps immensely to find syllables!! xx
I love this lesson so much...
You're one of the best teachers I have ever encountered. Thanks so much
I love your lessons!!!!!! I can't get enough of them😍😂
thanks sm for uploading videos like this they're useful and helpful for us at the beginning we thought that it's kinda hard to learn about phonetic but the we just discovered ur channel it's much easier now to study, thanks sm again your way of explanation can't be described by words✨♥
You are the best ma'ma you make phonetics and phonology easy to understand. Thanks ma.
Hi Billie, thank you for this well-detailed lesson.
Thank you! I fell in love the robotic technique you taught to count the number of syllable in a word. It's funny but usefull. 😍 😍
I love this class- interesting and fun.
Her voice makes feel calm and comfort❤
Excellent Channel
Excellent video. Really like it. Thanks
Very interesting and educative
Your videos on phonetics are truly helpful and I find your voice really soothing, thanks for creating this kind of useful content!! 🥰
Wow, thank you!
You did great ma'am...
Yup we enjoyed it alottt....fun fact.
Thank you for great video.
Appreciated and very good explaination of syllable
you are so creative ! thank you
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I am from Egypt🖤
Thank you so much that was so fun and useful ❤
Amazing ❤ !
Thank u mam. Love from Pakistan. U r my teacher.
amazing, best teacher ever, thank you so much!
Thank you! 😃
I agree, I'm learning so much
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You are perfffffffffect in teaching
Tysm maam❤
thank you. 🌹♥
What a quiet voice!
The best.
Thank u so much.❤
I had a great time while I am watching this video also I got the right answer at the end.
I'm happy to hear it helped you and that you got them all right :-)
I love you teacher
Your lectures make phonetics easy to understand 👍❤️
Thanks a lot 😊
@@BillieEnglish My pleasure❤️
Thanks a lot for some funny formulae.
Thank you mam,i learn many things from your good teaching skills.again thank you mam.
It's my pleasure!
Hand and chin method is an interesting one
It is great and beautiful lecture like you ma'am
Thank you so much 🙏😊
What accent you use
Hi Blly! I have a question, why is the word "lesson" divided as "less.on" and not "le.sson"?
12:40 Is "usually" not a 3 syllable-word, the second one being a diphthong? Please clarify, ma'am.
good
Hello, I have got a question:
We divide the word process right after the consonant which is between two vowels though the first vowel is long, could you tell me why????🤔 Please answer me
Thanks in advance!
The word 'process' has 2 syllables: /ˈprəʊ.ses/
What exactly do you want to know? Why they are divided this way?
Me clapping in my coming English exam : 🤡🤡🤡
In Cambridge dictionary the word 'city' is divided /ˈsɪt̬·i/, not /ˈsɪ.t̬i/? Which one is correct? Do you think many people is speaking wrong way?
The first one is correct because a syllable cannot end on a short vowel exept shwa
@@HafeezUllah057 but in reality people always pronounce /ˈsɪ.t̬i/ in their speaking. Cambridge dictionary divides s|tupid ways, some people say it is total wrong. In almost languages, a syllable must priority begins with a consonant, not a vowel.
Hello there! At the timestamp of 4:32, you've written the phonetic transcription of city as /sɪ . ti/ which is wrong because there is no such sound symbol as /i/ but rather /ɪ/ is being provided in the Phonemic Chart. So, the correct answer would be /sɪ . tɪ/. Similarly, at 4:41, it should be /iː . zɪ/ instead of /ˈiː . zi/.
Helo Kavya! You are very observant! So, there is a symbol such as /i/ and we use it for words that end in 'y' e.g. city, funny, easy and even my name (Billie). So, city = /ˈsɪti/ is correct. You can check it in a dictionary. However, there might also be some books using the symbol /ɪ/ although the sound would be a bit longer than that. I hope this helps!
@@BillieEnglish have you used British RP accent or American accent in this video?
Happy to find a good explanation of syllables ☺️
In around 19:13, why should we divide the the word 'sunny' into the two syllables 'sunn.y'? Why not saying 'su.ny', I am confused a bit, and thanks!
Good question! Finding the syllable boundary can be a bit difficult. I sometimes have to double check with a dictionary as well, but this is correct: /ˈsʌn.i/
@@BillieEnglish Got it!
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Plz.explain about onset, peak,coda .
Thank you for your comment. I will consider this suggestion for future videos! Until then, this might help:
These 3 words (onset, nucleus, coda) are used to describe the various parts of a syllable in phonology. To say it simply: the onset it the start of the syllable, the nucleus the middle bit, the coda the end.
I'll start with the nucleus which is the core of the syllable. It is usually the vowel in the middle of the syllable (remember: there is only ONE vowel sound per syllable).
However, some syllables start with one (or more) consonants before the vowel sound, so those form the onset.
If there are any sounds after the vowel nucleus (= more consonants), they form the coda.
So it's:
SYLLABLE = (onset) + nucleus + (coda)
onset & coda are optional, because some syllables just consist of one vowel sound in English.
Each language has its own rules regarding onset, nucleus and coda.
I hope this helps!
20 syllables
Please how can i read a passage without robotic sound? I sound like a robot when reading a passage.
I recommend watching videos about "connected speech"
I learn easily from beautiful woman 😊
I'm just wondering why it seems that you use the sound "v" before you pronounce "r" in your own language, is that something related to accent!?
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Twenty!
So cute you are❤
Kindly describe alliteration and consonance
I will consider this for a future video!
@@BillieEnglish thanks
I'm posting a shorts on alliteration today at 4pm CET! 😊
Thanks ma'am
Why usually has four syllables?
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Hello! I am not sure what this means, but I'll take it as a compliment! :-)
@@BillieEnglish when someone call u hero and admire u then it means u r ummah ......in my view ......u did a great job ......i just saw it twice and learned my lesson.......Thank u.....🙃🙃🙃🙃☺🙂
Why don't you have Persian subtitles?
Hi billie please could you help me please?
👆 *syllable*
/ˈsɪl.ə.bəl/
With all due respect, you have mis-syllabified
/ˈsɪləbəl/ as
/ˈsɪl.ə.bəl/.
Because you pronounced syllable
as [ˈsɪ]+[lə]+[bəl], the correct answer is
/ˈsɪ.lə.bəl/. Written syllables must match the spoken syllables.
In American Cambridge Dictionary, i see:
They write the word 'menu' is /ˈmen.ju/, but i hear many native American speakers say /ˈme.nju/
They write the word 'city' is /ˈsɪt̬·i/, but i hear many native American speakers say /ˈsɪ.t̬i/
/ˈmen.ju/ and /ˈme.nju/, which is correct? Is there any different when speaking these two syllable types.
/ˈsɪt̬·i/ and /ˈsɪ.t̬i/, which is correct? Is there any different when speaking these two syllable types.
8.25 you say “silent consists one vowel sound” but it is written /ˈsaɪ.lənt/ in dictionary which contains two vowels!?
I am talking about the word 'love' at this part of the video and I say that it contains two vowel letters but only one vowel sound because the final letter in 'love' (= e) is silent.
@@BillieEnglish sorry for misunderstanding , you are right.